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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *rūma-z, *rauma-z
Meaning: room
Gothic: *rum n. (~ *rum-s m.) (a) `room, space'; rum-s `spacious'
Old Norse: rūm n. `Raum, Platz; Bett', rūm-r `geräumig'
Norwegian: rum; rom adj.
Old Swedish: rum
Swedish: rum adj., sbs. 'Raum, Platz'
Old Danish: rum
Danish: rum adj.
Old English: rūm `Raum', rūm `geräumig'
English: room
Old Frisian: rūm adj.
Old Saxon: rūm `Raum', rūmo adv.
Middle Dutch: ruum, rūme adj.; ruum `ruimte'
Dutch: ruim adj., sbs.
Middle Low German: rūm adj.
Old High German: rūm (11.Jh.), rūmi adj. (8.Jh.) 'weit, fern'
Middle High German: rūm, rūn, roum st. m. 'Raum, Platz zu freier Bewegung oder zum Aufenthalt; was wegzuräumen ist, Kehricht'; rūm(e) `geräumig'
German: Raum m.; geraum, raum
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Proto-IE: *rowǝ-
Meaning: free space
Tokharian: A, B ru- 'to open' (Adams 536) [or to 2336?]
Avestan: ravah- `Weite, Raum', ravas-čarāt- `was sich im Freien bewegt'
Latin: rūs, rūris, abl. -ī / -e `Land, Feld, Landgut'
Celtic: OIr rōe, rōi `ebenes Feld' (*rowesiā), rē `Raum' (*rēwiā)
Russ. meaning: свободное пространство
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1632
Root: reu̯ǝ- : rū-
English meaning: to open; wide
German meaning: `öffnen'
Derivatives: reu̯es- `Raum, weit'
Material: Av. ravah- n. `Raum, Weite', ravas-čarāt- `was sich im Freien bewegt'; lat. rūs, rūris `Land (im Gegensatz zu Stadt), Landgut' (*reu̯os); mir. róe, rói f. `ebenes Feld' (wegen des Eigennamens Cú Rói, welcher älter Cú Raui lautet, aus *rōu̯i̯ā);
germ. rū-ma- in got. rūms `geräumig, weit', rūm n. `Raum', aisl. rūmr `geräumig', rūm n. `Raum, Ort, Platz', as. rūm m. `Raum', afries. ags. rūm `geräumig', m. `Raum, Zeitraum, Gelegenheit', ahd. mhd. rûm m. `Raum, Öffnung, freie Räumlichkeit', mhd. rūm `geräumig'; ahd.rūmi, mhd. rūme `geräumig, weit, fern'; abgel. Verbum germ. *rūmian: aisl. rȳma `geräumig machen' usw.;
aksl. ravьnъ aus *orvьnъ `eben'; russ. roves-nyk `Altersgenosse'; apr. arwis `wahr, gewiß';
toch. AB ru- `öffnen'.
References: WP. II 356 f., WH. II 454, Trautmann 14.
Pages: 874
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